3. How is a city-state similar to a city?
a. Athens b. Los Angeles c. both are not as big as states d. it is independent
4. How is a city-state similar to a state?
a. California b. U.S.A. c. it is small like a city d. it makes its own laws
5. What was a polis?
a. a disease b. a city-state c. a crop d. a soldier
6. What system of government did the Greeks develop?
a. Athens b. democracy c. communism d. president
7. What job did every citizen of Sparta have?
a. mothers b. philosopher c. farmer d. soldier
8. Which of the following was true for Spartan women. They. . .
a. ran businesses b. couldn’t vote c. got lots of exercise d. all of the above
9. How old were the boys in Sparta when they started training to be soldiers?
a. 18 years old b. 3 years old c. 7 years old d. 25 years old
10. What was life in the Spartan barracks like for boys? They. . .
a. slept on the floor b. learned wrestling c. were hit for no reason
d. all of the above
11. Athens became rich during the Golden Age because they were paid by other Greek city-states for protection from the Persians.
True OR False
12. What job might a rich Athenian man have?
a. farmer b. philosopher c. slave d. potter
13. What did Athenians write that is still read today?
a. plays, both dramas and comedies b. magazines
c. hieroglyphics d. cuneiform tablets
14. During the Golden Age, women in Athens did all of the following except _
a. work in government offices b. perform household tasks
c. do crafts in their homes d. raise their children
15. Women were allowed to vote in Athens during the Golden Age: True OR False
16. Do you think Athenian society made the best use of each person’s talents?
a. no, people couldn’t work at what they did best b. women were all happy
c. yes, people did the jobs they were born to do d. all of the above
17. What was the name of the religious center of Athens located on a high hill?
a. the Agora b. the theater c. the Acropolis d. Mt. Olympus
18. What was the name of the goddess Athena’s beautiful temple built in Athens by Pericles?
a. the Parthenon b. the building c. Mt. Olympus d. the MPR
19. was an important political leader of Athens during the Golden Age.
a. Athena b. Pericles c. Socrates d. Plato
20. What did wealthy Athenian kids learn?
a. everyone learned to fight b. the boys learned reading and the girls housekeeping c. everyone learned to read d. farming
21. Who got to compete and watch the Greek Olympics?
a. the king b. all Athenians c. men d. women
22. Who won the war between Athens and Sparta?
a. Minoans b. Sparta c. Athens d. Persia
23. Why did Sparta win the war with Athens?
a. Sparta had a strong army b. Sparta valued beauty
c. gods liked Sparta d. Sparta used a wooden horse
24. The Greek city-states kept fighting each other. This made them all very
a. weak b. big c. happy d. dead
25. What was the name of the king from Macedonia who spread Greek language and culture over three continents?
a. Plato b. Alexander the Great c. Aristotle d. Zeus
26. What did Alexander conquer?
a. Egypt b. Israel c. Mesopotamia d. all of the above and more!
27. Why do you think Alexander was called Great? Because he. . .
a. was a great general b. was tall c. wrestled d. was named for his dad
28. After other nations conquered Greece, what happened to Greek culture?
a. it disappeared b. it spread all over Europe and Asia c. Italy d. Crete
29. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great. It was located in what country?
a. Egypt b. Persia c. Greece d. Macedonia
30. What is democracy?
31. Name at least one way the Greek democracy is different from U.S. democracy. Name more ways for EXTRA CREDIT.
What were the two main crops of Greece?
1.
2.
3. How is a city-state similar to a city?
a. Athens b. Los Angeles c. both are not as big as states d. it is independent
4. How is a city-state similar to a state?
a. California b. U.S.A. c. it is small like a city d. it makes its own laws
5. What was a polis?
a. a disease b. a city-state c. a crop d. a soldier
6. What system of government did the Greeks develop?
a. Athens b. democracy c. communism d. president
7. What job did every citizen of Sparta have?
a. mothers b. philosopher c. farmer d. soldier
8. Which of the following was true for Spartan women. They. . .
a. ran businesses b. couldn’t vote c. got lots of exercise d. all of the above
9. How old were the boys in Sparta when they started training to be soldiers?
a. 18 years old b. 3 years old c. 7 years old d. 25 years old
10. What was life in the Spartan barracks like for boys? They. . .
a. slept on the floor b. learned wrestling c. were hit for no reason
d. all of the above
11. Athens became rich during the Golden Age because they were paid by other Greek city-states for protection from the Persians.
True OR False
12. What job might a rich Athenian man have?
a. farmer b. philosopher c. slave d. potter
13. What did Athenians write that is still read today?
a. plays, both dramas and comedies b. magazines
c. hieroglyphics d. cuneiform tablets
14. During the Golden Age, women in Athens did all of the following except _
a. work in government offices b. perform household tasks
c. do crafts in their homes d. raise their children
15. Women were allowed to vote in Athens during the Golden Age: True OR False
16. Do you think Athenian society made the best use of each person’s talents?
a. no, people couldn’t work at what they did best b. women were all happy
c. yes, people did the jobs they were born to do d. all of the above
17. What was the name of the religious center of Athens located on a high hill?
a. the Agora b. the theater c. the Acropolis d. Mt. Olympus
18. What was the name of the goddess Athena’s beautiful temple built in Athens by Pericles?
a. the Parthenon b. the building c. Mt. Olympus d. the MPR
19. was an important political leader of Athens during the Golden Age.
a. Athena b. Pericles c. Socrates d. Plato
20. What did wealthy Athenian kids learn?
a. everyone learned to fight b. the boys learned reading and the girls housekeeping c. everyone learned to read d. farming
21. Who got to compete and watch the Greek Olympics?
a. the king b. all Athenians c. men d. women
22. Who won the war between Athens and Sparta?
a. Minoans b. Sparta c. Athens d. Persia
23. Why did Sparta win the war with Athens?
a. Sparta had a strong army b. Sparta valued beauty
c. gods liked Sparta d. Sparta used a wooden horse
24. The Greek city-states kept fighting each other. This made them all very
a. weak b. big c. happy d. dead
25. What was the name of the king from Macedonia who spread Greek language and culture over three continents?
a. Plato b. Alexander the Great c. Aristotle d. Zeus
26. What did Alexander conquer?
a. Egypt b. Israel c. Mesopotamia d. all of the above and more!
27. Why do you think Alexander was called Great? Because he. . .
a. was a great general b. was tall c. wrestled d. was named for his dad
28. After other nations conquered Greece, what happened to Greek culture?
a. it disappeared b. it spread all over Europe and Asia c. Italy d. Crete
29. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great. It was located in what country?
a. Egypt b. Persia c. Greece d. Macedonia
30. What is democracy?
31. Name at least one way the Greek democracy is different from U.S. democracy. Name more ways for EXTRA CREDIT.